Objectives:

• To create awareness among professionals about open source technology & its application in library

• To make the library professionals technically sound so as to automate their library independently without any support

• To enable the library & information professionals to face the technological challenges such as data migration, multi-branch handling, installation, RFID device handling, Zotero etc.

Purpose:

The basic purpose of this workshop is to strengthen the library professionals technically so as to meet the new challenges in the field of library automation, applications of RFID and using reference management tools. The content of this workshop is designed in such a way that a professional who does not know anything about library automation, RFID and reference management tools will be able to automate his/her library and use RFID/Zotero with the help of material provided, discussion & hands-on session during workshop. This workshop will mainly discuss about Koha, RFID devices and Zotero.